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Unfolding Destiny
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Pages 100-101
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Letter of 17 December 1934
Dear Mrs. Slade,
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The Guardian has directed me to thank you for your welcome
letter dated December 8th, and also for the undated one just
received.
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In regard to his money order for the 150 copies of the
"Promise of All Ages", he wishes you to offer the remaining sum
to your National Assembly for the purposes of their national
fund.
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He is pleased to learn that the editor of "The Times' Literary
Supplement" has accepted to have Canon Townshend's book
reviewed in his paper. He trusts that the result will be such as to
stimulate many people to buy this volume, and to carefully and
seriously study and meditate upon its contents.
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With reference to Mr. ... property on Mt. Carmel, the
Guardian specially requests you to proceed quickly in the matter
of your National Assembly's incorporation so as to enable him
to establish a branch of that Assembly in Palestine and thus make
possible the registration of the land in question in the name of
the British N.S.A. The land is completely safe-guarded at present.
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He would deeply appreciate if you send him photostatic copies
of the registration documents as soon as they will be ready.
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In this connection, the Guardian wishes me to draw once
more your attention to the importance of following, in the
adoption of your Assembly's constitution, complete and exact
wording of the text of the Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of
the American N.S.A., with due consideration however to all
local conditions which may necessitate some minor departure
from the original American copy.
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It will interest you to know that the N.S.A. of the Bahá'ís of
India and Burma have carefully followed the constitutions
adopted by the American believers, both in the local and the
national sphere, and have succeeded in registering their National
Assembly as a legal body empowered to administer the affairs of
the Cause throughout India and Burma. The Guardian is now
engaged in establishing a branch of the Indian N.S.A. in Palestine.
The National Assemblies of Egypt, `Iráq and Persia have likewise
adopted without any alteration whatever the text of the
American constitution as a pattern for their local as well as
national regulations and by-laws.
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Yours in His Service,
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[From the Guardian:]
May the Almighty enable you to surmount all the obstacles that
stand in your path and accomplish the great project which you are
initiating, and establish your manifold administrative activities on a
sound, permanent and unassailable basis.
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Your true and grateful brother,
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Shoghi
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